That picture is beautiful, I can't see it
In the 2015 box event, Tencent's participation in OTT has undoubtedly become the focus of attention - on June 4th this year, Tencent and Haimeidi, Skyworth, and Timmin three hardware manufacturers released the Haimeidi TT box at one go. Skyworth Q+, Tianmin D3 quad-core three highly competitive Tencent living room TV set-top boxes, reproduce the situation of the Three Kingdoms, "This is the same root, the phase of fry, what is too fast," the picture is imminent.
Comparison of Ten Tencent Living Room TV Set-Top Box Parameters
The same three products of Tencent's living room TV set-top box, due to differences in the hardware manufacturers of the load, thus different in the hardware configuration and software optimization, all with their own brand features and functions, the following is a comparison of the main parameters of the three boxes :
Three brands of three different Tencent living room TV set-top boxes, hardware configuration and software optimization will bring what kind of user experience? What should we choose when facing 3 Tencent boxes? Please compare with Xiao Bian below.
Appearance comparison: the value is quite rich, Haimei Di TT box interface is more abundant
Carton color value: Skyworth Q + outstanding
The three products have the characteristics of their own hardware manufacturers, in the packaging, the sea Meidi still use the upper and lower cover small design, the internal parts of the box separation, making the overall arrangement of tidy and compact space; Skyworth Q + outer box is the continuation of the creative design, using pumping Pull-type gift box design, with "Diamond rhombus" pattern, titanium black and dark blue color scheme, the upper and lower two layers inside the box, the host and accessories are separated and placed; Tenmin D3 quad-core carton with hemming processing load-bearing performance is stronger, box Similar to Skyworth's Q+, the upper and lower two-tier accessories are separated and placed.
Comments: In the design of the carton box, Skyworth Q+ continues the fine tradition of Skyworth box, and is almost redesigned for every new product. The Skyworth Q+ gift box design is undoubtedly outstanding among the three products.
Host color value: evenly matched
Coincidentally, I don’t know if Tencent has any requirements for the appearance of the box, or if the box manufacturer’s market positioning for the shape is as small as possible, the three boxes are invariably using the ultimate in exquisite design, and combined with ultra-thin, Dark elements, in addition to the rounded corner design, the Haimeidi TT box and Skyworth Q+ also incorporate radian elements, which are the fashion representatives of the box industry.
Haimeidi TT box is only 105mm x 105mm x 20.5mm. It is made of high-quality plastic material. The top surface and bottom surface are frosted and the sides are painted. The transition between the two is through curvature, and the darkness of titanium is black. Feeling comfortable and simple.
Skyworth's Q+ size is only 105 mm x 105 mm x 23 mm. The body adopts a mirror design process with a titanium black color scheme. The four corners are rounded and have a certain curvature on the three-dimensional surface. The overall honor is noble and elegant.
The Mortimer D3 quad-core is only 118 mm x 118 mm x 20mm in size. The body is made of high-quality plastic material, matte technology, titanium black color, rounded corners, and the overall shape is quite satisfactory. The bottom of the box is a Tencent living room box with only one vent.
Comments: As everyone's aesthetic standards are inconsistent, subjective factors are too large, and the three boxes in the appearance of too many elements are the same, so everyone in the shape of the same level, in the eyes of the small series are beautiful children.
Interface: Haimei Di TT box is more abundant
Although the appearance of the three Tencent living room box is small, but the interface used is still standard. The three box interfaces are more abundant, enough to meet the daily needs of users, the introduction of dual USB interface provides convenient for large-capacity expansion; AV The composite output design integrates the compact interface of the airframe and support for older TVs, and it can be used as a transparent SPDIF 5.1 audio output; built-in wifi and LAN network inputs have both wired and wireless access networks, making wiring easier. Among the three boxes, the Haimeidi TT box interface built-in USB3.0 more abundant, to meet market trends, for the external 4K video, large-capacity Blu-ray source to solve the transmission bandwidth and other issues, the speed of transmission 4K, Blu-ray, etc. Capacity video.
Haimeidi TT box on the left side of the interface for the TF card slot, USB3.0, USB2.0, followed by the interface for AV output, Lan network input, HDMI output, DC 5V input, AV composite output, especially for Blu-ray playback For Haimi Di TT box, this kind of design is very necessary.
Skyworth box Q+ all the interfaces are gathered together on the back, from left to right are AV, HDMI, LAN network input, USB, USB mini, DC power input, standard USB2.0 and USB mini dual USB design to meet the user's USB interface Use the demand while concentrating the volume of the box to a minimum.
Tianmin D3 quad-core box interface is arranged on the back and left side, the back is USB2.0, power input, LAN input, HDMI output, AV output and reset button, the left side is USB2.0, SD card slot, is three The only box in the box is the Tencent living room box with reset button function.
Remote control comparison: Skyworth Q+ has innovative Q key wins
The three remote controllers of this comparison give three different design styles, each with their own characteristics. The Haimeidi TT box remote control gives a feeling of sleekness, and the Q-key innovation of Q+ undoubtedly becomes its image. Representatives, and Timmin D3 quad-core remote control law-abiding to provide users with the most intimate service. In general, the Q-innovation Q-key of Skyworth is different from the general box products and won the forefront in this round of comparison.
Haimi Di TT box remote control is mainly based on the frosted technology. In the outer circle of the arrow keys and surrounding the number keys, the paint process is applied. The buttons are equipped with a TV control area, sound control buttons, arrow keys, three color function keys and Numeric keys are very complete, and the keys are very comfortable to play.
Different from the traditional set-top box remote controller, Skyworth box Q+ is equipped with a 12-key infrared remote controller with ergonomic design. The back arc fits the palm of the hand and uses a high-quality plastic matte process. The arrow keys are part of the software and the touch is excellent. Location design is just right, one hand can flexibly reach each button, and both innovative Q key design, comments can enter the favorite content, easier and better. Creative Q key can be customized shortcut entry, and through the remote control's Q key to quickly open, after the need for 3-4 clicks to open the application, with the Q key, a press to enter the favorite applications or content, Say goodbye to tedious search methods. This function can really improve the efficiency of clicks to a large extent, not only can bind APP applications, but also can bind video classifications, such as movies, TV dramas, variety shows, animation, special topics and Hollywood modules, users can customize according to their own habits. When used, press the Q button to open it extremely quickly, which greatly facilitates the use of the user.
Tianmin D3 quad-core adopts standard remote control box with a series of remote control. The remote control has a smooth front plastic material and a back frosting process. The keys include a TV learning button zone, a set-top box control zone, and a digital button zone. The unique TV master button can be used by users. One click into TV Master APP.
Hardware Configuration: Haimei Di TT Box Leads Sharply
The processors used in the three products of Tencent's living room set-top box are also three brands that are completely different. From the above, we can see that the OTT industry is more popular in three directions. Haimei Di TT box is equipped with the industry's most advanced Hass quad-core processor Hi3798. , Whether it is the system running or decoding performance is superior, exclusive support hardware decoding Blu-ray features, and built-in ExpressX image back-end processing engine, no doubt brings the gospel for film enthusiasts, the ultimate ultra-high-definition and exquisite moment of quality immediately ; Skyworth Q + top with low-power Amlogic S805 processor, bringing low-power operation at the same time, the system runs more stable and faster, ultra-high performance aloof if you see; Morrison D3 quad-core ultra-high-cost full-H3 The nuclear processor, built into the image, features the latest Smart Color display system, which brings the most delicate and color-perfect picture quality experience to the box display.
Hass quad-core processor Hi3798, which is passed through many Android set-top boxes on the market, is a highly processed processor that can bring the most stable and efficient processing performance to users. Hass quad-core processor Hi3798 uses quad-core ARM Cortex A7 CPU, clocked up to 1.5GHz, hardware JAVA acceleration, built-in quad-core Mali450 3D GPU, the highest frequency up to 800MHz, support 4K2K, H.265 full HD, 3D Video (MVC format) and Blu-ray navigation, simply put, is able to provide the best experience in the set-top box industry in terms of 4K decoding output, H.265 hard solution, 3D playback, and Blu-ray navigation.
Amlogic S805 low-power CPU, uses Cortex A5 1.5GHz architecture, built-in quad-core Mali-450 GPU processing unit, bringing professional audio and video and image processing at the same time, providing the hardware foundation for set-top box long-term stable operation. Amlogic S805 processor achieves a balance between performance and power consumption. It is a cost-effective CPU tailored specifically for intelligent network set-top boxes. The performance is stable and reliable. Thanks to its powerful chip decoding capability, Skyworth Box Q+ is compatible with the mainstream video of the entire network. Format, even hard to solve H.265 can easily be resolved, the only downside is that the highest resolution only supports 1080P.
H3 quad-core is a complete 4K smart TV set-top box solution from Quanzhi Technology. It is based on a quad-core Cortex-A7 CPU architecture with an operating peak at 1.5GHz, a built-in Mali-400MP2 graphics processor, and an operating frequency of more than 600MHz. It supports H.265. /HEVC 4K@30fps video hard solution, MPEG1/2/4 maximum support to 1080P@60fps, and supports 4K video point-to-point output, and the latest Lisa display technology, will greatly reduce the cost of the 4K box while achieving maximum performance.
Comments: The hardware indicator is only an objective factor in examining the box. The fluency and stability of the system are also related to the degree of system optimization. From the author's own experience can be seen, equipped with Hass quad-core processor Haimi Di TT box as a whole running super smooth + stable, picture quality is very clear, equipped with Amlogic S805 Skyworth Q + system running the same smooth, very fast response The disadvantage is that the highest can only support 1080P output, for the 4K decoding is still lacking; and equipped with Quan Zhi H3's Mortimer D3 quad-core, when the system is running at high load back flashback problems. Therefore, in this round, the Haimi Di TT box equipped with Hass quad-core can be said to be a big lead.
UI comparison: HiUI is more humane
In terms of systems, all three boxes are equipped with a professional TV intelligent system based on Android 4.4.2 depth optimization, which adapts to their system UI after many years of iterative iterations to exhibit a more humanized design. As Tencent's living room set-top box, the key content is Tencent's exclusive support of Tencent video (CIBN Internet TV), QQ music, Tencent games, WeChat cloud album four content, in the home page content logic display, it is clear that Haimi Di The HiUI is more humane and shows more clearly. Please see below for details:
Haimei Di TT Box: HiUI
HiUI is the system interface developed by Haimedi exclusively for intelligent network set-top boxes. It is applied to the Haimeidi series of intelligent network set-top boxes and consists of four parts: the top status bar (showing time and weather information) and the top video. Recommended three-dimensional rotation window, the middle of the application shortcut entrance, the bottom of the five system options. In addition, the user can use the "Add" button to customize the "application shortcut entry" where the APP shortcut is added, add some commonly-used APPs here, and implement private subscriptions to make it easier for users to use the set-top box. In addition, the user at the middle of the shortcut entry can set APPs corresponding to the numeric keys and the three-color function keys through “one-touch direct accessâ€. The next time he wants to enter the corresponding APP, he only needs to press the corresponding function key and number key.
HiUI interactive interface logic design is very concise and clear, adults and children can easily master, this design interface, only need to click through no more than 2 layers, the user can find the corresponding content service, greatly reducing the user to find the desired content time, Application shortcuts in the middle Tencent video (CIBN Internet TV), QQ music, Tencent games, and WeChat cloud albums in the Tencent living room box are built. The theme of "Tencent's living room set-top box" adapts to the user's experience. The various content services brought about.
Skyworth Q+: Sky UI 2.0
The Skyworth Q+Sky UI 2.0 interface has a total of 6 screens, mainly displaying content in the form of a win8-metro block, which includes (video) recommendation, (video) classification, (game/application) discovery, application (management), and system-related settings. (My, settings) in one, users can click through to find the desired content service, and support the remote control to call out U disk, a key optimization, network settings, the down arrow quickly open the favorites and common applications.
As one-third of Tencent's living room set-top boxes, Skyworth's Q+ Tencent video (CIBN Internet TV), Tencent games, QQ music, and WeChat cloud albums are not reflected in one interface. They ignore the unity of content and Tencent video. CIBN Internet TV) has achieved UI-level cooperation with the box. It is not a simple APP opening. This adds a lot to the user experience. The consistency between the content and the user experience is only good for users. Choice.
Tianmin D3 quad-core:
There are four screens in total for the Temporary D3 quad-core, and system-level integration between Tencent's video (CIBN Internet TV), Tencent's games, and the system UI has been formed. They can be displayed on the second screen “video†window and the third screen “game†window. Enter related content services, mainly in the form of similar WIN8 Metro tile display, it is worth mentioning that when the cursor is placed in the notification in the lower left corner (or TV assistant), automatically expand all applications, a key to speed up, fast management (fast management It is similar to Sea Meidi TT's "One-Touch Direct" function, which can be used to customize application shortcuts of numeric keys.)
Tianmin D3 quad-core focuses on Tencent video (CIBN Internet TV), Tencent games and system interface to achieve UI-level cooperation, weakening the element performance of QQ music and WeChat cloud album, but we can make up the latter through fast management. The overall design of the UI interface is relatively simple, refreshing, simple structure, users at a glance.
Content Services: No matter what
The three Tencent living room set-top boxes are all equipped with a TV operating system optimized based on Android 4.42 depth, and display Tencent video (CIBN Internet TV), Tencent games, QQ music, and WeChat cloud albums through their respective UI interfaces. Tencent's video content was reviewed by CIBN's Internet TV broadcast control platform, and through its on-line demonstration, a large number of high-quality video content services were displayed. The content covered the four major categories of movies, TV dramas, animation, and variety shows to meet the viewing requirements of different members of the family. Tencent games can use mobile phones and TV screens to interact with each other. The classic games, such as QQ Landlords and Cool Run every day, will be played on TV screens to enjoy the fun of games. QQ music is a massive lossless music. You can turn it on. Can you resist the temptation of being a music enthusiast? WeChat cloud albums provide users with sharing across time and space, upload photos via mobile WeChat to the cloud album public platform, you can view the large screen at home TV, bring the most sincere greetings for parents!
Enjoy Tencent Video
Tencent Video and CIBN Internet TV have joined hands to create a high-definition genuine video resource platform, with millions of movies, TV shows, variety shows, animation resources, as well as selected Hollywood movies waiting for you to view, and even more games for the entire network to broadcast resources such as rights. Atlantic Empire, national geographic channel documentary, etc., let you enjoy the TV screen Tencent video quality experience.
Content classification:
TV Drama: Latest, Love, Idol, Costume, Family, Martial Arts, Comedy, Military
Movie: Latest All, Latest Free, Hong Kong Movie, Japanese Movie, European Movie, Action Zone, Comedy Special, Sci-Fi, Romance, Thriller
Variety: Hunan Satellite TV, Beijing Satellite TV, Anhui TV, Shenzhen Satellite TV, Taiwan Variety
Anime: The latest, classic, passionate, young, efficient, magical
Tencent Games Landing Large Screen TV
Tencent Games has already managed the process from PC to mobile phone, and now Tencent Games 2.0 Verb era is coming. The topic of Tencent games occupying the living room is put on the agenda through Skyworth box Q+. Customized TV versions such as landlords, cool races every day, and Tencent games such as every day's speed, through TV large screens and mobile phone remote control, have achieved an unprecedented sense of pleasure in both the manipulation experience and the visual shock! It is worth noting that Before the game requires a mobile phone to scan the large screen QR code to download the Tencent video game controller and establish a connection with the box. It only takes a few seconds to establish the connection.
QQ Music enjoys the living room phonograph
Classic old songs, pop music, sad, cheerful, classical, hifi... All kinds of music are all in QQ music, now we can quickly find the corresponding music through the living room TV, do not have to open the computer, or use the mobile phone Listen to the dream of your own music with the aid of TV or the stunning sound of China Unicom. QQ music will enjoy digital music, and from the user's point of view, to minimize the loss of sound quality, so that Tencent box will bring lossless music into the living room! QQ music built over 100000 + lossless songs, up to 18 types of channels available for free Chang enjoy, covering singer albums at home and abroad, all resources are genuine, and Tencent has a strong server guarantee, stable resources, genuine source, excellent sound quality.
The WeChat cloud album, as the first "cloud album" function appearing in the set-top box industry, relies on Tencent WeChat social services, and combines social functions with large TV screens to bring photo-sharing capabilities across time and space. In other words, the photos you took while you were swimming in the mountains were uploaded to the WeChat cloud album via WeChat. The parents in your home can watch in real-time via the WeChat cloud album. This is a unique weapon that the living room family can share.
Local decoding: Haimei Di box wins
Local decoding performance is related to the degree of optimization of the processor and the system. In this section, the author mainly investigates the decoding capabilities of three Tencent living room boxes, including 17 video files including Blu-ray, 3D, 4K, and H.265. Test in-house and see how the player is optimized by actually playing the video file.
The following is a comparison table of the test results. It can be seen from the figure below that the Haimeti TT box has absolute speaking rights in terms of decoding, and can be easily decoded in all tested videos, especially for Blu-ray BDMV original files and The ISO file has perfect navigation, supports one-touch switching of audio tracks and one-touch switching of subtitles. The Tempest-D3 quad-core also supports Blu-ray and ISO decoding, but there is no such superior level and control of the interface. . In addition, Skyworth Q+ support for 4K files is not very satisfactory. Large-stream 4K decoding directly displays the wrong format, and the small stream 4K decodes a black screen, but the sound is normal.
The following is the function interface of the three box players. From the functional interface, the Seamax TT box has the most functions, the exclusive support of 1080P@24Hz, and the ExpressX image back-end processing engine, support for 3D playback, and 3D graphics. Turn into 2D playback function, subtitle color, position adjustment, audio track switching and other functions, playback effect is very outstanding.
The player of Skyworth Q+ has a floating layer display function, equipped with subtitle switching and audio track switching. The interface is beautiful and simple, and the user is very easy to operate.
The player that the Mortimer D3 quad-core uses is a file manager's own player. Although the decoding capability is very powerful and full-featured, it requires a textual reminder after the cursor reaches the function. The human-computer interaction is slightly inferior, but it is strong. The function is very comprehensive.
The Mortimer D3 quad-core player supports features including fixed-point playback, playback mode, track selection, up and down surface selection, pause, scaling, 2D/3D playback, subtitle selection, volume addition and subtraction, and stretching before and after the timeline.
Multi-screen interaction: Haimeidi box more
The multi-screen interactive function can replace the remote controller as an operation, and secondly, it is also a novel control method. Especially in the game function, it can be used as a powerful control device to supplement the device, greatly improving the user's box use experience and optimization. Proper multi-screen interactive features undoubtedly bring more interesting gameplay to users.
Haimeidi TT Box incorporates many advantages of Haimedi and Tencent. It inherits the multi-screen interactive function experience of Tencent games, WeChat cloud albums, etc., and also continues the excellent experience of Haimedi in multi-screen interaction, supporting Haikong. , Haishang and AirPlay mirroring function have deepened the human-computer interaction experience, especially the user experience that the TV screen can be mapped onto the mobile phone for touch. It is undoubtedly a relatively advanced technology in the box field.
The sea control function supports the mapping of the TV screen to the mobile phone screen, which can be touch-controlled on the mobile phone screen. The set-top box application can be managed on the mobile phone, the set-top box can be set, the mouse operation, and the mobile phone remote controller.
Sea enjoys the ability to project photos, music, and video on mobile phones to large-screen televisions to share with everyone. AirPlay is Apple's multi-screen interactive protocol that allows the screen of a mobile phone to be projected onto a large screen in real time for sharing.
Skyworth Box Q+ supports WeChat interactive function, supports WeChat remote installation/open application, WeChat remote control, and picture push. WeChat remote installation opens the application settings. Currently in the box field is still relatively small, greatly facilitates the user's habits, although the author tested the IPhone phone Skyworth box, but in practice there is no response, as shown Show.
The Mortimer D3 uses the built-in music cast application in the multi-screen interaction section to achieve the same AirMedia function as the Seamax TT box. The screen of the mobile phone can be projected onto the large screen of the TV. The following is the author's projection of the mobile phone through AirPlay every day. Play on the big screen of the TV, the big screen game experience is even more fun!
Other comparison items
In addition to the above functional comparisons, the author also tested three Tencent living room set-top boxes through running software, and tested the standby/shutdown power consumption and speed by using the power meter and stopwatch. The comparison is as follows. reference:
Comparison of hardware running points:
The hardware running score can make an objective evaluation of the product. In the current round of running, the author tested three Tencent living room set-top boxes through Ann Bunny, Vellamo, and NenaMark2, respectively. The Skyworth Q+ box runs for the latest version of An Tutu. The software flashback situation in the test process, and from the final ransom results, the three are no doubt the only difference in the graphics running software NenaMark2 test, the Haimei Di TT box significantly ahead.
Remarks:
Security Bunny can perform UE test (multi-tasking and virtual machine), CPU overall performance test, RAM memory test test, 2D/3D graphics performance test, and data storage I/O performance test on the device. Consumers can pass the security bun. The test software has a good grasp of the device as a whole.
Vellamo is a benchmark application that tests the device's JS, HTML5 capabilities, where the HTML5 module can be used to evaluate mobile web browser performance, and the Metal module can measure the performance of mobile processor CPU subsystems. Vellamo can evaluate scroll scaling, 3D graphics, video performance, memory reads and writes, bandwidth peak performance, and more.
Vellamo is a benchmark application that tests the device's JS, HTML5 capabilities, where the HTML5 module can be used to evaluate mobile web browser performance, and the Metal module can measure the performance of mobile processor CPU subsystems. Vellamo can evaluate scroll scaling, 3D graphics, video performance, memory reads and writes, bandwidth peak performance, and more.
Standby / shutdown power consumption speed test comparison:
The following is the author's power consumption statistics for the use of three boxes in the daily use process, Skyworth Q+ overall lower power consumption, once again verified the low-power operating environment of the S805 chip, Haimei Di TT The power consumption of the box is relatively high among the three boxes, and it can be seen from the comparison process of the three boxes that the author has greater advantages in performance.
For the boot and shutdown speeds, it is related to the number of occurrences of the box boot logo. The Tianmin D3 quad-core boot logo has a layer. The Haimei Di TT box boot logo has two layers. The Skyworth Q+ box boot logo has three layers. At the time of booting, as shown in the following figure, the manufacturer can optimize this aspect.
Comments: How to choose?
The three products are currently sold on JD. Compared to the beginning of the listing, the price is more affordable, and there are related preferential activities: Haimeidi TT box Jingdong price of 199 yuan, buy and send Tencent video 30 days VIP, drying There is also a chance to win a single grand prize, Skyworth Q + Jingdong price 199 yuan, gifts for the HDMI line, Timor D3 quad-core price of 209 yuan, there is no special price. The price of the three boxes is quite the same, and the Sea Medi TT box offers greater discounts. So which one should we choose to be more suitable for ourselves?
Comprehensive appearance, hardware, system UI, operation experience (remote control, multi-screen interaction), content service, local decoding, and running points, power consumption speed test, three Tencent living room set-top boxes all have their own advantages, and from the author's personal Experience seems to sum up the following opinions for reference only:
Mortimer D3 quad-core: the appearance of traditional set-top boxes, the performance of law-abiding, brings users powerful online playback and powerful local 4K decoding output function, the user UI design logic is clear and simple (especially the player interface), if it can be more optimized, will Gives the user an excellent soft and hard experience in the box.
Skyworth Q+: The appearance is good-looking, the user's UI is also very much like, the online playing function is all right, if say blue light decoding is dispensable, the only shortcoming is that the box does not support 4K decoding and output.
Haimeidi TT box: stylish appearance, hardware performance, high compression, both excellent online and local 4K decoding output function, especially for Blu-ray video perfect navigation, exclusive HiUI show Tencent living room set-top box in the same window 4 content services, a perfect interpretation of the deep content of Tencent living room box.
Through the comparison of the above three Tencent living room network set-top boxes, smart partners have certainly found a favorite product, and I believe that with the large group of Tencent stationed in the OTT market, intelligent network set-top box industry will Peng Sparkling, inspire more vitality!
In the 2015 box event, Tencent's participation in OTT has undoubtedly become the focus of attention - on June 4th this year, Tencent and Haimeidi, Skyworth, and Timmin three hardware manufacturers released the Haimeidi TT box at one go. Skyworth Q+, Tianmin D3 quad-core three highly competitive Tencent living room TV set-top boxes, reproduce the situation of the Three Kingdoms, "This is the same root, the phase of fry, what is too fast," the picture is imminent.
Comparison of Ten Tencent Living Room TV Set-Top Box Parameters
The same three products of Tencent's living room TV set-top box, due to differences in the hardware manufacturers of the load, thus different in the hardware configuration and software optimization, all with their own brand features and functions, the following is a comparison of the main parameters of the three boxes :
Three brands of three different Tencent living room TV set-top boxes, hardware configuration and software optimization will bring what kind of user experience? What should we choose when facing 3 Tencent boxes? Please compare with Xiao Bian below.
Appearance comparison: the value is quite rich, Haimei Di TT box interface is more abundant
Carton color value: Skyworth Q + outstanding
The three products have the characteristics of their own hardware manufacturers, in the packaging, the sea Meidi still use the upper and lower cover small design, the internal parts of the box separation, making the overall arrangement of tidy and compact space; Skyworth Q + outer box is the continuation of the creative design, using pumping Pull-type gift box design, with "Diamond rhombus" pattern, titanium black and dark blue color scheme, the upper and lower two layers inside the box, the host and accessories are separated and placed; Tenmin D3 quad-core carton with hemming processing load-bearing performance is stronger, box Similar to Skyworth's Q+, the upper and lower two-tier accessories are separated and placed.
Haimei Di TT box packaging
Skyworth Q+ packaging
Tianmin D3 quad-core outsourcing
Comments: In the design of the carton box, Skyworth Q+ continues the fine tradition of Skyworth box, and is almost redesigned for every new product. The Skyworth Q+ gift box design is undoubtedly outstanding among the three products.
Host color value: evenly matched
Coincidentally, I don’t know if Tencent has any requirements for the appearance of the box, or if the box manufacturer’s market positioning for the shape is as small as possible, the three boxes are invariably using the ultimate in exquisite design, and combined with ultra-thin, Dark elements, in addition to the rounded corner design, the Haimeidi TT box and Skyworth Q+ also incorporate radian elements, which are the fashion representatives of the box industry.
Haimeidi TT box is only 105mm x 105mm x 20.5mm. It is made of high-quality plastic material. The top surface and bottom surface are frosted and the sides are painted. The transition between the two is through curvature, and the darkness of titanium is black. Feeling comfortable and simple.
Skyworth's Q+ size is only 105 mm x 105 mm x 23 mm. The body adopts a mirror design process with a titanium black color scheme. The four corners are rounded and have a certain curvature on the three-dimensional surface. The overall honor is noble and elegant.
The Mortimer D3 quad-core is only 118 mm x 118 mm x 20mm in size. The body is made of high-quality plastic material, matte technology, titanium black color, rounded corners, and the overall shape is quite satisfactory. The bottom of the box is a Tencent living room box with only one vent.
Comments: As everyone's aesthetic standards are inconsistent, subjective factors are too large, and the three boxes in the appearance of too many elements are the same, so everyone in the shape of the same level, in the eyes of the small series are beautiful children.
Interface: Haimei Di TT box is more abundant
Although the appearance of the three Tencent living room box is small, but the interface used is still standard. The three box interfaces are more abundant, enough to meet the daily needs of users, the introduction of dual USB interface provides convenient for large-capacity expansion; AV The composite output design integrates the compact interface of the airframe and support for older TVs, and it can be used as a transparent SPDIF 5.1 audio output; built-in wifi and LAN network inputs have both wired and wireless access networks, making wiring easier. Among the three boxes, the Haimeidi TT box interface built-in USB3.0 more abundant, to meet market trends, for the external 4K video, large-capacity Blu-ray source to solve the transmission bandwidth and other issues, the speed of transmission 4K, Blu-ray, etc. Capacity video.
Haimeidi TT box on the left side of the interface for the TF card slot, USB3.0, USB2.0, followed by the interface for AV output, Lan network input, HDMI output, DC 5V input, AV composite output, especially for Blu-ray playback For Haimi Di TT box, this kind of design is very necessary.
Skyworth box Q+ all the interfaces are gathered together on the back, from left to right are AV, HDMI, LAN network input, USB, USB mini, DC power input, standard USB2.0 and USB mini dual USB design to meet the user's USB interface Use the demand while concentrating the volume of the box to a minimum.
Tianmin D3 quad-core box interface is arranged on the back and left side, the back is USB2.0, power input, LAN input, HDMI output, AV output and reset button, the left side is USB2.0, SD card slot, is three The only box in the box is the Tencent living room box with reset button function.
Remote control comparison: Skyworth Q+ has innovative Q key wins
The three remote controllers of this comparison give three different design styles, each with their own characteristics. The Haimeidi TT box remote control gives a feeling of sleekness, and the Q-key innovation of Q+ undoubtedly becomes its image. Representatives, and Timmin D3 quad-core remote control law-abiding to provide users with the most intimate service. In general, the Q-innovation Q-key of Skyworth is different from the general box products and won the forefront in this round of comparison.
Haimi Di TT box remote control is mainly based on the frosted technology. In the outer circle of the arrow keys and surrounding the number keys, the paint process is applied. The buttons are equipped with a TV control area, sound control buttons, arrow keys, three color function keys and Numeric keys are very complete, and the keys are very comfortable to play.
Different from the traditional set-top box remote controller, Skyworth box Q+ is equipped with a 12-key infrared remote controller with ergonomic design. The back arc fits the palm of the hand and uses a high-quality plastic matte process. The arrow keys are part of the software and the touch is excellent. Location design is just right, one hand can flexibly reach each button, and both innovative Q key design, comments can enter the favorite content, easier and better. Creative Q key can be customized shortcut entry, and through the remote control's Q key to quickly open, after the need for 3-4 clicks to open the application, with the Q key, a press to enter the favorite applications or content, Say goodbye to tedious search methods. This function can really improve the efficiency of clicks to a large extent, not only can bind APP applications, but also can bind video classifications, such as movies, TV dramas, variety shows, animation, special topics and Hollywood modules, users can customize according to their own habits. When used, press the Q button to open it extremely quickly, which greatly facilitates the use of the user.
Tianmin D3 quad-core adopts standard remote control box with a series of remote control. The remote control has a smooth front plastic material and a back frosting process. The keys include a TV learning button zone, a set-top box control zone, and a digital button zone. The unique TV master button can be used by users. One click into TV Master APP.
Hardware Configuration: Haimei Di TT Box Leads Sharply
The processors used in the three products of Tencent's living room set-top box are also three brands that are completely different. From the above, we can see that the OTT industry is more popular in three directions. Haimei Di TT box is equipped with the industry's most advanced Hass quad-core processor Hi3798. , Whether it is the system running or decoding performance is superior, exclusive support hardware decoding Blu-ray features, and built-in ExpressX image back-end processing engine, no doubt brings the gospel for film enthusiasts, the ultimate ultra-high-definition and exquisite moment of quality immediately ; Skyworth Q + top with low-power Amlogic S805 processor, bringing low-power operation at the same time, the system runs more stable and faster, ultra-high performance aloof if you see; Morrison D3 quad-core ultra-high-cost full-H3 The nuclear processor, built into the image, features the latest Smart Color display system, which brings the most delicate and color-perfect picture quality experience to the box display.
Hi3798 function frame diagram
Hass quad-core processor Hi3798, which is passed through many Android set-top boxes on the market, is a highly processed processor that can bring the most stable and efficient processing performance to users. Hass quad-core processor Hi3798 uses quad-core ARM Cortex A7 CPU, clocked up to 1.5GHz, hardware JAVA acceleration, built-in quad-core Mali450 3D GPU, the highest frequency up to 800MHz, support 4K2K, H.265 full HD, 3D Video (MVC format) and Blu-ray navigation, simply put, is able to provide the best experience in the set-top box industry in terms of 4K decoding output, H.265 hard solution, 3D playback, and Blu-ray navigation.
Amlogic S805 Functional Framework
Amlogic S805 low-power CPU, uses Cortex A5 1.5GHz architecture, built-in quad-core Mali-450 GPU processing unit, bringing professional audio and video and image processing at the same time, providing the hardware foundation for set-top box long-term stable operation. Amlogic S805 processor achieves a balance between performance and power consumption. It is a cost-effective CPU tailored specifically for intelligent network set-top boxes. The performance is stable and reliable. Thanks to its powerful chip decoding capability, Skyworth Box Q+ is compatible with the mainstream video of the entire network. Format, even hard to solve H.265 can easily be resolved, the only downside is that the highest resolution only supports 1080P.
H3 quad-core function framework
H3 quad-core is a complete 4K smart TV set-top box solution from Quanzhi Technology. It is based on a quad-core Cortex-A7 CPU architecture with an operating peak at 1.5GHz, a built-in Mali-400MP2 graphics processor, and an operating frequency of more than 600MHz. It supports H.265. /HEVC 4K@30fps video hard solution, MPEG1/2/4 maximum support to 1080P@60fps, and supports 4K video point-to-point output, and the latest Lisa display technology, will greatly reduce the cost of the 4K box while achieving maximum performance.
Comments: The hardware indicator is only an objective factor in examining the box. The fluency and stability of the system are also related to the degree of system optimization. From the author's own experience can be seen, equipped with Hass quad-core processor Haimi Di TT box as a whole running super smooth + stable, picture quality is very clear, equipped with Amlogic S805 Skyworth Q + system running the same smooth, very fast response The disadvantage is that the highest can only support 1080P output, for the 4K decoding is still lacking; and equipped with Quan Zhi H3's Mortimer D3 quad-core, when the system is running at high load back flashback problems. Therefore, in this round, the Haimi Di TT box equipped with Hass quad-core can be said to be a big lead.
UI comparison: HiUI is more humane
In terms of systems, all three boxes are equipped with a professional TV intelligent system based on Android 4.4.2 depth optimization, which adapts to their system UI after many years of iterative iterations to exhibit a more humanized design. As Tencent's living room set-top box, the key content is Tencent's exclusive support of Tencent video (CIBN Internet TV), QQ music, Tencent games, WeChat cloud album four content, in the home page content logic display, it is clear that Haimi Di The HiUI is more humane and shows more clearly. Please see below for details:
Haimei Di TT Box: HiUI
HiUI is the system interface developed by Haimedi exclusively for intelligent network set-top boxes. It is applied to the Haimeidi series of intelligent network set-top boxes and consists of four parts: the top status bar (showing time and weather information) and the top video. Recommended three-dimensional rotation window, the middle of the application shortcut entrance, the bottom of the five system options. In addition, the user can use the "Add" button to customize the "application shortcut entry" where the APP shortcut is added, add some commonly-used APPs here, and implement private subscriptions to make it easier for users to use the set-top box. In addition, the user at the middle of the shortcut entry can set APPs corresponding to the numeric keys and the three-color function keys through “one-touch direct accessâ€. The next time he wants to enter the corresponding APP, he only needs to press the corresponding function key and number key.
HiUI focuses on Tencent games, Tencent videos, QQ music, and WeChat cloud albums
One-touch direct setting
Add application shortcuts to the middle
HiUI interactive interface logic design is very concise and clear, adults and children can easily master, this design interface, only need to click through no more than 2 layers, the user can find the corresponding content service, greatly reducing the user to find the desired content time, Application shortcuts in the middle Tencent video (CIBN Internet TV), QQ music, Tencent games, and WeChat cloud albums in the Tencent living room box are built. The theme of "Tencent's living room set-top box" adapts to the user's experience. The various content services brought about.
Skyworth Q+: Sky UI 2.0
The Skyworth Q+Sky UI 2.0 interface has a total of 6 screens, mainly displaying content in the form of a win8-metro block, which includes (video) recommendation, (video) classification, (game/application) discovery, application (management), and system-related settings. (My, settings) in one, users can click through to find the desired content service, and support the remote control to call out U disk, a key optimization, network settings, the down arrow quickly open the favorites and common applications.
Tencent video in the "Category" window, music in the "My" window, the game under the "Application" window
As one-third of Tencent's living room set-top boxes, Skyworth's Q+ Tencent video (CIBN Internet TV), Tencent games, QQ music, and WeChat cloud albums are not reflected in one interface. They ignore the unity of content and Tencent video. CIBN Internet TV) has achieved UI-level cooperation with the box. It is not a simple APP opening. This adds a lot to the user experience. The consistency between the content and the user experience is only good for users. Choice.
Tianmin D3 quad-core:
There are four screens in total for the Temporary D3 quad-core, and system-level integration between Tencent's video (CIBN Internet TV), Tencent's games, and the system UI has been formed. They can be displayed on the second screen “video†window and the third screen “game†window. Enter related content services, mainly in the form of similar WIN8 Metro tile display, it is worth mentioning that when the cursor is placed in the notification in the lower left corner (or TV assistant), automatically expand all applications, a key to speed up, fast management (fast management It is similar to Sea Meidi TT's "One-Touch Direct" function, which can be used to customize application shortcuts of numeric keys.)
Tianmin D3 quad-core Tencent video, Tencent games and system interface to achieve UI-level integration
Tempo D3 quad-core shortcut settings
Tianmin D3 quad-core focuses on Tencent video (CIBN Internet TV), Tencent games and system interface to achieve UI-level cooperation, weakening the element performance of QQ music and WeChat cloud album, but we can make up the latter through fast management. The overall design of the UI interface is relatively simple, refreshing, simple structure, users at a glance.
Content Services: No matter what
The three Tencent living room set-top boxes are all equipped with a TV operating system optimized based on Android 4.42 depth, and display Tencent video (CIBN Internet TV), Tencent games, QQ music, and WeChat cloud albums through their respective UI interfaces. Tencent's video content was reviewed by CIBN's Internet TV broadcast control platform, and through its on-line demonstration, a large number of high-quality video content services were displayed. The content covered the four major categories of movies, TV dramas, animation, and variety shows to meet the viewing requirements of different members of the family. Tencent games can use mobile phones and TV screens to interact with each other. The classic games, such as QQ Landlords and Cool Run every day, will be played on TV screens to enjoy the fun of games. QQ music is a massive lossless music. You can turn it on. Can you resist the temptation of being a music enthusiast? WeChat cloud albums provide users with sharing across time and space, upload photos via mobile WeChat to the cloud album public platform, you can view the large screen at home TV, bring the most sincere greetings for parents!
Enjoy Tencent Video
Tencent Video and CIBN Internet TV have joined hands to create a high-definition genuine video resource platform, with millions of movies, TV shows, variety shows, animation resources, as well as selected Hollywood movies waiting for you to view, and even more games for the entire network to broadcast resources such as rights. Atlantic Empire, national geographic channel documentary, etc., let you enjoy the TV screen Tencent video quality experience.
Tencent Video (CIBN Internet TV) Platform
Content classification:
TV Drama: Latest, Love, Idol, Costume, Family, Martial Arts, Comedy, Military
Movie: Latest All, Latest Free, Hong Kong Movie, Japanese Movie, European Movie, Action Zone, Comedy Special, Sci-Fi, Romance, Thriller
Variety: Hunan Satellite TV, Beijing Satellite TV, Anhui TV, Shenzhen Satellite TV, Taiwan Variety
Anime: The latest, classic, passionate, young, efficient, magical
Play experience experience
Tencent Games Landing Large Screen TV
Tencent Games has already managed the process from PC to mobile phone, and now Tencent Games 2.0 Verb era is coming. The topic of Tencent games occupying the living room is put on the agenda through Skyworth box Q+. Customized TV versions such as landlords, cool races every day, and Tencent games such as every day's speed, through TV large screens and mobile phone remote control, have achieved an unprecedented sense of pleasure in both the manipulation experience and the visual shock! It is worth noting that Before the game requires a mobile phone to scan the large screen QR code to download the Tencent video game controller and establish a connection with the box. It only takes a few seconds to establish the connection.
Tencent gaming platform
Everyday Cool Run TV: Mobile Control Experience
QQ Music enjoys the living room phonograph
Classic old songs, pop music, sad, cheerful, classical, hifi... All kinds of music are all in QQ music, now we can quickly find the corresponding music through the living room TV, do not have to open the computer, or use the mobile phone Listen to the dream of your own music with the aid of TV or the stunning sound of China Unicom. QQ music will enjoy digital music, and from the user's point of view, to minimize the loss of sound quality, so that Tencent box will bring lossless music into the living room! QQ music built over 100000 + lossless songs, up to 18 types of channels available for free Chang enjoy, covering singer albums at home and abroad, all resources are genuine, and Tencent has a strong server guarantee, stable resources, genuine source, excellent sound quality.
QQ music platform
QQ music experience
WeChat cloud album
The WeChat cloud album, as the first "cloud album" function appearing in the set-top box industry, relies on Tencent WeChat social services, and combines social functions with large TV screens to bring photo-sharing capabilities across time and space. In other words, the photos you took while you were swimming in the mountains were uploaded to the WeChat cloud album via WeChat. The parents in your home can watch in real-time via the WeChat cloud album. This is a unique weapon that the living room family can share.
WeChat cloud album platform
WeChat cloud album experience
Local decoding: Haimei Di box wins
Local decoding performance is related to the degree of optimization of the processor and the system. In this section, the author mainly investigates the decoding capabilities of three Tencent living room boxes, including 17 video files including Blu-ray, 3D, 4K, and H.265. Test in-house and see how the player is optimized by actually playing the video file.
The following is a comparison table of the test results. It can be seen from the figure below that the Haimeti TT box has absolute speaking rights in terms of decoding, and can be easily decoded in all tested videos, especially for Blu-ray BDMV original files and The ISO file has perfect navigation, supports one-touch switching of audio tracks and one-touch switching of subtitles. The Tempest-D3 quad-core also supports Blu-ray and ISO decoding, but there is no such superior level and control of the interface. . In addition, Skyworth Q+ support for 4K files is not very satisfactory. Large-stream 4K decoding directly displays the wrong format, and the small stream 4K decodes a black screen, but the sound is normal.
The following is the function interface of the three box players. From the functional interface, the Seamax TT box has the most functions, the exclusive support of 1080P@24Hz, and the ExpressX image back-end processing engine, support for 3D playback, and 3D graphics. Turn into 2D playback function, subtitle color, position adjustment, audio track switching and other functions, playback effect is very outstanding.
Haimei Di TT box ordinary video file playback options
Haimei Di TT box supports Blu-ray perfect navigation
The player of Skyworth Q+ has a floating layer display function, equipped with subtitle switching and audio track switching. The interface is beautiful and simple, and the user is very easy to operate.
The player that the Mortimer D3 quad-core uses is a file manager's own player. Although the decoding capability is very powerful and full-featured, it requires a textual reminder after the cursor reaches the function. The human-computer interaction is slightly inferior, but it is strong. The function is very comprehensive.
The Mortimer D3 quad-core player supports features including fixed-point playback, playback mode, track selection, up and down surface selection, pause, scaling, 2D/3D playback, subtitle selection, volume addition and subtraction, and stretching before and after the timeline.
Multi-screen interaction: Haimeidi box more
The multi-screen interactive function can replace the remote controller as an operation, and secondly, it is also a novel control method. Especially in the game function, it can be used as a powerful control device to supplement the device, greatly improving the user's box use experience and optimization. Proper multi-screen interactive features undoubtedly bring more interesting gameplay to users.
Haimeidi TT Box incorporates many advantages of Haimedi and Tencent. It inherits the multi-screen interactive function experience of Tencent games, WeChat cloud albums, etc., and also continues the excellent experience of Haimedi in multi-screen interaction, supporting Haikong. , Haishang and AirPlay mirroring function have deepened the human-computer interaction experience, especially the user experience that the TV screen can be mapped onto the mobile phone for touch. It is undoubtedly a relatively advanced technology in the box field.
The sea control function supports the mapping of the TV screen to the mobile phone screen, which can be touch-controlled on the mobile phone screen. The set-top box application can be managed on the mobile phone, the set-top box can be set, the mouse operation, and the mobile phone remote controller.
The TV screen maps to the phone for touch
Mouse control mode
Pressing the remote controller when the screen is horizontal
Touch the remote control while holding the screen
Sea enjoys the ability to project photos, music, and video on mobile phones to large-screen televisions to share with everyone. AirPlay is Apple's multi-screen interactive protocol that allows the screen of a mobile phone to be projected onto a large screen in real time for sharing.
Sea enjoyment
AirPlay screencast
Skyworth Box Q+ supports WeChat interactive function, supports WeChat remote installation/open application, WeChat remote control, and picture push. WeChat remote installation opens the application settings. Currently in the box field is still relatively small, greatly facilitates the user's habits, although the author tested the IPhone phone Skyworth box, but in practice there is no response, as shown Show.
WeChat remote install/open application
WeChat remote
Wechat Picture Push
The Mortimer D3 uses the built-in music cast application in the multi-screen interaction section to achieve the same AirMedia function as the Seamax TT box. The screen of the mobile phone can be projected onto the large screen of the TV. The following is the author's projection of the mobile phone through AirPlay every day. Play on the big screen of the TV, the big screen game experience is even more fun!
Tianmin D3 quad-core AirPlay to achieve real-time projection to play games
Other comparison items
In addition to the above functional comparisons, the author also tested three Tencent living room set-top boxes through running software, and tested the standby/shutdown power consumption and speed by using the power meter and stopwatch. The comparison is as follows. reference:
Comparison of hardware running points:
The hardware running score can make an objective evaluation of the product. In the current round of running, the author tested three Tencent living room set-top boxes through Ann Bunny, Vellamo, and NenaMark2, respectively. The Skyworth Q+ box runs for the latest version of An Tutu. The software flashback situation in the test process, and from the final ransom results, the three are no doubt the only difference in the graphics running software NenaMark2 test, the Haimei Di TT box significantly ahead.
Remarks:
Security Bunny can perform UE test (multi-tasking and virtual machine), CPU overall performance test, RAM memory test test, 2D/3D graphics performance test, and data storage I/O performance test on the device. Consumers can pass the security bun. The test software has a good grasp of the device as a whole.
Vellamo is a benchmark application that tests the device's JS, HTML5 capabilities, where the HTML5 module can be used to evaluate mobile web browser performance, and the Metal module can measure the performance of mobile processor CPU subsystems. Vellamo can evaluate scroll scaling, 3D graphics, video performance, memory reads and writes, bandwidth peak performance, and more.
Vellamo is a benchmark application that tests the device's JS, HTML5 capabilities, where the HTML5 module can be used to evaluate mobile web browser performance, and the Metal module can measure the performance of mobile processor CPU subsystems. Vellamo can evaluate scroll scaling, 3D graphics, video performance, memory reads and writes, bandwidth peak performance, and more.
Standby / shutdown power consumption speed test comparison:
The following is the author's power consumption statistics for the use of three boxes in the daily use process, Skyworth Q+ overall lower power consumption, once again verified the low-power operating environment of the S805 chip, Haimei Di TT The power consumption of the box is relatively high among the three boxes, and it can be seen from the comparison process of the three boxes that the author has greater advantages in performance.
For the boot and shutdown speeds, it is related to the number of occurrences of the box boot logo. The Tianmin D3 quad-core boot logo has a layer. The Haimei Di TT box boot logo has two layers. The Skyworth Q+ box boot logo has three layers. At the time of booting, as shown in the following figure, the manufacturer can optimize this aspect.
Comments: How to choose?
The three products are currently sold on JD. Compared to the beginning of the listing, the price is more affordable, and there are related preferential activities: Haimeidi TT box Jingdong price of 199 yuan, buy and send Tencent video 30 days VIP, drying There is also a chance to win a single grand prize, Skyworth Q + Jingdong price 199 yuan, gifts for the HDMI line, Timor D3 quad-core price of 209 yuan, there is no special price. The price of the three boxes is quite the same, and the Sea Medi TT box offers greater discounts. So which one should we choose to be more suitable for ourselves?
Comprehensive appearance, hardware, system UI, operation experience (remote control, multi-screen interaction), content service, local decoding, and running points, power consumption speed test, three Tencent living room set-top boxes all have their own advantages, and from the author's personal Experience seems to sum up the following opinions for reference only:
Mortimer D3 quad-core: the appearance of traditional set-top boxes, the performance of law-abiding, brings users powerful online playback and powerful local 4K decoding output function, the user UI design logic is clear and simple (especially the player interface), if it can be more optimized, will Gives the user an excellent soft and hard experience in the box.
Skyworth Q+: The appearance is good-looking, the user's UI is also very much like, the online playing function is all right, if say blue light decoding is dispensable, the only shortcoming is that the box does not support 4K decoding and output.
Haimeidi TT box: stylish appearance, hardware performance, high compression, both excellent online and local 4K decoding output function, especially for Blu-ray video perfect navigation, exclusive HiUI show Tencent living room set-top box in the same window 4 content services, a perfect interpretation of the deep content of Tencent living room box.
Through the comparison of the above three Tencent living room network set-top boxes, smart partners have certainly found a favorite product, and I believe that with the large group of Tencent stationed in the OTT market, intelligent network set-top box industry will Peng Sparkling, inspire more vitality!
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